The Buzz | Ethiopia hopes to set world record for HIV tests

Ethiopia is attempting to set a world record for the number of HIV tests carried out in one day. The country’s health officials said this week they hope to break the

World briefs

PAKISTAN Gunmen attack a polio vaccination team, killing four health workers, while a suspected U.S. drone strike kills four alleged militants in Pakistan, officials say. The attack on the health

Thanksgiving | In Britain, US turkey dinner is big business

Big-breasted turkeys in butcher shop windows. Harvest displays of pumpkin and corn. Sandwich boards describing groaning feasts. Thanksgiving isn’t a holiday in Britain, but you might be forgiven for being fooled.

Gaming | VIP and junkets in ‘near broken’ state – Standard Chartered

According to the UK-based bank, junkets are facing heavy tightness in funding and liquidity that has prevented them from obtaining any sort of capital. Without capital, these same junkets are

Interview with Nikhil Seth: ‘Much more needs to be done in the area of sustainable transport’

Transforming into a clean energy city doesn’t just mean having a symbolic presence of electric buses on the roads. The director of the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development, Mr

Clean energy forum ends today

The 3rd International Forum for Clean Energy (IFCE) began yesterday in Macau with the launch of the 2014 Blue Book of Clean Energy. The two-day event includes a series of debates

Woman found dead in park

An Indonesian woman was found unconscious in a park in Ponte e Horta at 7.45 p.m. on Tuesday night and was later confirmed dead. Information from the Judiciary Police (PJ) suggested

Brand new government

The composition of the new government is scheduled for announcement tomorrow, a source has told the Times. Last Thursday, Dr Alexis Tam told MDT that the announcement would take place this

Nobel laureate warns Macau must diversify to avoid financial risks

In a public lecture on Tuesday, the 2003 Nobel laureate in Economics, professor Robert Engle, said that Macau should diversify the investment portfolio of its reserve in order to counter

Daily garbage collection exceeds 900 tons

The Macau Waste System Company (CSR) revealed that collected an average of around 940 tons of garbage every day between August and October this year, about 56 tons more per

Briefs | Operations at sewage treatment plant suspended

Operations at the Macau peninsula Sewage Treatment Plant will be suspended today for eight hours, as a water leak in one of the session’s pipelines requires emergency repair work, the

Beijing widens ‘tax-evasion’ net amid Microsoft case

The payments - including 840 million yuan ($137 million) in back taxes, interest and more than 100 million yuan in additional annual disbursements going forward - were detailed in a

Chow Tai Fook plots new grounds to chase China’s tourists

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd. plans to open new stores outside its main markets in Hong Kong and China, as it chases its Chinese customers outside familiar territory. “While overseas

Corporate Bits | MGM Macau rocks out with a tribute to Amy Winehouse this Friday

The one-night-only affair will be packed full of Winehouse’s signature hits, including “Tears Dry On Their Own,” “Back to Black,” “Valerie,” “Me and Mr. Jones,” and her chart-topping, Grammy award

Heineken builds factory in East Timor

A statement on the November 21 Council of Ministers meeting said that as the government decided to approve the investment agreement with Heineken and the company would be awarded tax

Armando Guebuza inaugurates roads in northern Mozambique

The Auasse/Mocímboa, Praia/Palma and Macomia/Auasse roads in the province of Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, with a combined length of 225 kilometres, were inaugurated Tuesday by the country’s President, Armando Guebuza,

BIC Angola negotiates sale of stake to int’l bank

BIC Angola bank is negotiating the sale of a 10 to 15 percent stake to a major international bank, the bank’s chairman, Fernando Teles said in Lisbon. The president of

26 coal miners die in Liaoning mine fire

A fire sparked by underground tremors tore through a coal mine in northeastern China early yesterday, killing 26 miners and leaving several others with life-threatening injuries, state media reported. Another 50 miners were

Xi risks Silk Road backlash to remake Middle Kingdom center of the world

President Xi Jinping’s grand plan to make China the center of the world again by reviving the ancient Silk Road trading route faces obstacles at its first stop. In Kazakhstan, through

Hong Kong | Police arrest key protesters, clear site

Police arrested key student leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests yesterday as they cleared barricades in one volatile district, throwing into doubt the future of a 2-month-old movement seeking free elections

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